"Donald Trump rode to reelection with racist attacks on immigrants and refugees and promising mass deportations. The first year of his second term was filled with heartbreak, trauma, and fear as his administration escalated its assault on immigrant communities: separating families, occupying cities, targeting workers, and expanding deportations. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is using its bloated budget to recruit among Trump's far right base. This comes amid ICE's horrific killing of Renée Nicole Good in Minneapolis, staunchly defended by the Trump administration."
"At the same time, we've seen inspiring community resistance to ICE and Trump across the U.S. Rapid response networks have grown. Teacher unions are defending immigrant students and families. There is growing mass resistance to ICE from Los Angeles to Chicago to Minneapolis. A year ago, Truthout spoke to several community and farmworker organizations about how they were preparing for the second Trump administration."
Anti-immigrant policies intensified during the first year of the second term, with expanded deportations, family separations, city occupations, worker targeting, and a larger ICE role. ICE used increased funding to recruit from the far-right base and defended the killing of Renée Nicole Good in Minneapolis. Community responses included growth of rapid-response networks, teacher union support for immigrant students and families, and mass resistance in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Minneapolis. Organizers reported anguish, trauma, and fear, while proactively building defense strategies. Organizers mentioned include Rossy Alfaro, María Carrasco, and Jeannie Economos.
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